Re: CHAT: Homo Sapiens (was: fiery spirits)

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 20:13:30 +0100 Ray Brown <ray.brown@...>
writes:
> The
> Latin would
> have the added advantage that 'homo' is epicene (the specifically
> adult
> male
> being 'uir', and adult female 'mulier' or 'femina') unlike English
> 'Man'.
> But, alas,
> 'tis not so.
from the entry "man" in the american heritage dictionary:
"...
2. Any human being, regardless of sex or age; a member of the human race;
a person.
3. The human race; mankind. Used without an article: the accomplishments
of man.
4. Zoology. A member of the genus Homo, family Hominidae, order Primates,
class Mammalia, characterized by erect posture and an opposable thumb;
especially, a member of the only extant species, Homo sapiens,
distinguished by the ability to communicate by means of organized speech
and to record information in a variety of symbolic systems.
...
6. Theology. In Christianity and Judaism, a being composed of a body and
a soul or spirit.
..."

> Maybe I should've just written just plain ol' prosaic: "...us
> humans."
actually, i probably would have just written "man" because it's so much
shorter... out of all 13 definitions of man given in this dictionary,
only #3 above is a collective, so it would be completely unambiguous,
too.

> Ray
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